Floor polishing device



Feb. 22, 1938. J GLQVER I Re. 20,657

FLOOR POLISHING DEVICE Original Filed April 24, 1935' Jhw GlauerReissued Feb. 22, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FLOOR POLISHINGDEVICE Original No. 1,983,363, dated December 4, 1934,

Serial No. 667,661, April 24, 1933.

Application for reissue December 4, 1936, Serial No. 114,206

13 Claims.

The present invention has to do with a wax spreading and floor polishingdevice.

The objects of the invention include a simplifled structure for apolishing device suitable for manipulation from a standing position; anew and improved structure for a device adapted to hold a pad to spreadwax evenly over a floor or other surface; and new and improved means forattaching a handle and a polishing pad to a waxing apparatus.

These objects, and such other objects as may hereinafter appear areobtained by the unique construction, improved combination, and novelarrangement of the several elements constituting the invention, one formof which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a device embodying the subject matter of theinvention;

Figure 2 is a central section taken transversely of the device shown inFigure 1; and

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the device shown in Figure 1 with a padattached thereto.

Like reference characters are used to designate similar parts in thedrawing and in the description of the invention which follows.

Weight is considered essential in a successful wax spreading andpolishing device. The present invention comprises a relatively heavybase or frame III which may be of heavy iron or sheet steel. The weightdesired will govern the thickness of the material. At opposite sidesthereof are upstanding flanges II and I2, the character of which isdefinitely set forth in Figure 2. The inner wall of said flanges isgrooved as shown in Figure 2.

In order to permit the operator to have easy access to the pad holdingand releasing members, the opposed ends, preferably, of the flanges Hand I2, terminate at a point or points removed from the end edge of theplate Ill.

At the center of the device, two or more tongues l5 and 16 are bumpedup. The bumping tool or device may impress the material of the base in amanner to produce a figure like that shown in the dotted outline ll ofFigure 1.

Spring means are provided for holding the pad in operating position withrespect to the plate Ill. The spring means comprises parallel legportions adapted to be resiliently pressed into the opposed end flangesII and I2 of the plate and to be held therein by the resiliency of thespring means. This spring means preferably comprises a single piece ofwire having free ends provided with finger holds or grips for distortingor pressing the free ends inwardly so as to release the spring legs fromthe flange portions of the plate, thereby releasing the pad from theplate proper.

In the present embodiment of my invention, I have illustrated the springmeans as comprising a spring l8 having ring ends I9 and 20 andpreferably of an S shape. This spring means is disposed intermediate theflanges H and 12 so that the two opposed legs of the spring means arelodged in the grooves of the flanges H and I2. The central section 2| ofthis spring is disposed beneath the tongues l5 and I 6, which tonguespoint in opposite directions. The tongues are turned down upon and oversection 2| of the spring l8 firmly to secure the spring H3 in assemblywith the base H).

For attaching a handle shown fragmentarily, there is supplied a socket22. Said socket has an end section 23 extending about section 2| ofthespring l8, the spring l8 forming a pivot for angular movement of the mophandle to adjust itself to the requirements of the user of the device.

In use, a pad 24 having end extensions 25 and 26 is disposed under theplate with the body of 3 the pad resting flatly upon the underside ofthe plate and with the ends 25 and 26 extending over the flanges H and12. To secure the extensions 25 and 26 in position, the spring I8 ismanipulated, generally, first at one side, and then at the 1 other sideby the use of the finger sections 19 and 20.

By these grip pieces, the end sections of the spring may be drawntowards the center of the plate and away from the flanges II or l2 asthe case may be, to allow the insertion of a flap 25 or 26 upon thegrooved interior periphery of the flange, after which the spring I8 isreleased to grip the extension 25 or 25 of the pad 24 and to maintainthe pad in close physical contact with the flange of the plate.

The cut-away sections l3 and I4 of the flanges H and I2 are to provideroom for the ready use of the finger pieces I9 and 20. In forming thetongues I5 and IS, the material may be dea pressed therebetween tofacilitate the attachment of the socket 22.

The pad may be of lambs wool, cloth, or any other suitable material. Itis saturated with wax and moved across a floor or other surface to bepolished. When the pad 24 is worn out, it is readily removed by grippingthe spring first at the finger piece l9 and then at the finger piece 20to release the extensions 25 and 25 of the pad.

When desired, additional tongues or lugs may Y be provided for holdingthe section 2| of the spring member, these being indicated by thenumerals 30 and 3|. Generally they are opposed in direction and. areformed by suitable tool work upon the member ID.

What is claimed as new and is desired to be secured by Letters Patent oithe United States is:

1. A polishing device comprising a rectangular body, an S-shaped springof a length and width substantially equivalent to the length and widthof said body, and means engaging said spring at its middle section forholding it upon said body, the top and bottom of said spring coincidingwith the front and back edges of said body and forming resilient grippieces for a pad to be attached to said body.

2. A polishing device comprising a flat plate having flanges at opposededges, a pad having ends extending over said flanges, an. S-shapedspring of a width and height corresponding with the width and length ofsaid plate and having top and bottom transverse sections coinciding withsaid flanges and a central transverse section, and means for securingthe central section of said spring to said plate, the top and bottomsections resiliently engaging the material of the pad overlapping saidflanges.

3. In a polishing device, a plate, an S-shaped spring secured at themiddle section thereof to said plate and having top and bottom sectionsnormally in resilient engagement with said plate and adapted to hold apad upon said plate, and a socket upon the middle section of saidS-shaped spring for a handle for said device.

4. A polishing device comprising a plate, an S-shaped spring of a widthand height corresponding to the width and length of said plate andhaving a top, a bottomand an intermediate section, the latter sectionbeing in contact with the face: of said plate, means for securing theintermediate section of said spring to said plate with the top andbottom sections coinciding with and in resilient engagement with saidplate at its front and back edges, a pad having ends insertable betweensaid plate and said top and bottom sections of said spring for removableattachment to said plate, and a handle socket on said intermediatesection.

5. A polishing device comprising a plate having tongues projecting from,the face thereof and curved flanges extending upwardly from oppositeedges thereof, an S-shaped spring having top, bottom and intermediatesections, said spring at its intermediate section. being held on saidplate by said tongues, the top and bottom sections of said springresiliently engaging said flanges for holding sections of a pad on saidplate, and a handle socket upon the intermediate section of said spring.

6. A polishing device comprising a plate having tongues and opposed edgesections, an S- shaped spring upon the face of said plate and having anintermediate section, a top section, a bottom section, and finger piecesat the ends of said top and bottom sections, the intermediate section ofsaid spring being held in, position on said plate by said tongues, thetop and bottom sections of said spring resiliently engaging the edgesections of said plate and being removable therefrom by manualmanipulation of the finger pieces, and a handle socket upon saidintermediate section between said tongues.

7. In a polishing device, a plate having flanges upon two oppositeedges, and an S-shaped spring having a top section, a bottom section,and an intermediate section, said intermediate section being anchoredupon said plate between said flanges, the top and bottom sectionsextending in parallelism with said flanges and in resilient engagementtherewith for seeming a pad upon said device.

8. A polishing device comprising a plate: having upturned flanges atopposed edges and tongues upon the transverse median line thereofparallel to said flanges, an S-shaped spring forming a, pad attachingdevice, said S-shaped spring having a straight intermediate section of alength in excess of one-half the length of the opposed sides of saidplate, a top section, and. a bottom section, the intermediate sectionbeing secured to said plate by said tongues, the top and bottom sectionsresiliently engaging the flanges of said plate to hold the ends of a padagainst said flanges, and a socket pivoted to an intermediate section ofsaid S-shaped spring.

9. A polishing device comprising a plate having lip-turned flanges atopposed edges and spaced apart tongues disposed upon the transversemedian line thereof parallel to said flanges, an S-shaped spring havingan intermediate sec.- tion of a length in excess of one half the lengthof the opposed sides of said plate, a top section, a bottom section, andfinger ring sections at the ends of said top and bottom sections, theintermediate section of said spring being secured to said plate by saidtongues, the top and bottom sections resiliently engaging said up-turnedflanges to hold the ends of a pad on said plate and against saidflanges, and a socket pivoted to the intermediate section of said springbetween said tongues.

10. A polishing device comprising a plate having Lip-turned flanges atopposite edges thereof, and tongues on the face of said plate betweenthe flanges, there being sections of such edges free of said flanges,and a bent spring member having a top section, a bottom section and anintermediate section, the intermediate section of said member being heldupon said plate by said tongues, said top and bottom sections havingfinger pieces at their ends, said top section and said bottom sectionresiliently pressing the material of a polishing pad disposed upon saidplate against said flanges, said finger pieces registering with thesections of the edges of said plate free from up-turned flange sections.

11. In a polishing device, a plate having substantially parallelspaced-apart edge portions forming seats for the resilient engagement ofthe leg portions of a spring wire, a stick socket having a hingedconnection with said plate substantially at its middle point, and springmeans for detachably holding a polishing pad to said plate comprising asingle piece of spring wire, said wire being fixedly secured adjacentthe central portion thereof to the plate and having substantiallyparallel leg portions, each leg portion having a free end spaced apartfrom the free end of the other leg portion, said leg portions beingintegrally united by laterally-bent, resilient portions wherebyresiliently to urge the leg portions outwardly into gripping detachableengagement with said seat portions of the plate.

12. In a polishing device, a plate having substantially parallelspaced-apart edge portions with metal along the edge portions beingcurled inwardly to provide opposed substantially parallel overhangingflanges, a stick socket having a hinged connection to said platesubstantially at its middle point, spring means for detachably holding apolishing pad to said plate comprising a single piece of spring wirehaving substantially parallel leg portions united by a resilient,intermediate bent portion resiliently urging the leg portions outwardly,said spring means lying flat upon the upper surface of said plate withits spring leg portions underlyingly housed within the overhangingflanges of the plate portion and pressing resiliently thereagainst, saidlegs having free end portions located adjacent the end portions of theplate and having manually actuable grips, certain portions of theoverhanging flanges at the plate terminating short of the end portionsof the plate to permit access to the free ends of the leg portions forpressing the same inwardly to release the spring means from itsresilient clamping engagement with the overhanging flanges of the plate.

13. In a floor polishing device, the combination of a plate ofsubstantially rectangular shape, a pair of opposed edges of the platehaving portions bent upwardly and curled inwardly to provideoverhanging" marginal flanges lying in spacedapart substantiallyparallel relation, a polishing pad covering the under side of the plateand having its edges overlying and depending from the overhangingflanges, a single piece of spring Wire arranged in a substantially fiatplane and bent upon itself to provide opposed substantially elongatedspring wire legs having free ends spaced apart substantially the widthof the plate with an intermediate bent portion, said bent portion lyingupon the flat upper side of the plate and the leg portions pressing thepad edges against the overhanging flanga whereby resiliently to hold thepad in stretched position to the plate.

JOHN GLOVER.

